Shaving-stick holder.



F GRANT.

SHAVM; STICK HOLDER. APPLICATHN FILED NOV. 29. I916.

Patent-ed Oct. 9, 1917.

W1 TNESS:

i'mn/r G'rant,

A TTORNEY.

FRANK GRANT, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHAVING-STICK HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

Application filed November 29, 1916. Serial No. 134,204.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK GRANT, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Westfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Stick Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a tubular container or casing more especially for a stir-k of shaving soap, which is slidably titted therein, and in conjunction. with which means are provided for the projection of a suitable forward portion of the length of the stick for use,while the casing forms a handle when using the stick,-and which means is operable for the withdrawal of the stick, after the same has been used, to entirely within the casing.

The invention further relates to means to cooperate between the forward open end of the casing and the shaving stick for prc venting the entrance of water, lather, or moisture into the casing between the wall of the latter and the sides of the stick.

And the invention further relates to oer tain features of construction of the parts and the combination of the parts as here-- inaftcr more fully described.

The invention is described in conjunction. with the accompanying drawings and is set forthin the claims.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through the improved shaving stick holder.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows the blank for the casnw.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross section of the device showing a modification thereof.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing a modified construction of the device.

Fi 6 is a sectional and plan view as seen below line 6-6, Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows the end member as detached from the casing which is shown in vertical section.

In the drawings, A represents a tubular forwardly open case having an internal longitudinal rib a at one side thereof. 13 represents a stick of shaving soap of cylindrical form slidably fitting in the casing and having a longitudinal groove 6 along its side and extending from end to end, in which the said rib 02 engages, whereby the shaving stick is held against rotative movement relatively to the casing.

C represents a cap for closing the rear end of the casing, the same being fitted to rotatc on such rear portion; and this cap has a screw 1) connected and engaged to he rotatable therewith and extended centrally within the casing for almost the entire length thereof, such screw engaging centrally in the slick of sharing soap and serving, when turned in the one or other direction to cause the projeetion of a suilieient portion of the forward end of the stick beyond the open end of the easing to permit same to he used while sharing and to be thereafter withdrawn entirely into the casing after use.

I prefer to produce the screw D from wire, and similar to a worm or cork screw, preferably with a forwardly extended point (1.

As shown, the wire screw or worm including the spiral, coils has a short axial shank f which is provided with a laterally extended portion 9, a. longitudinally extended portion h engaged through a per foration 2' in the cab at one side of the eentor thereof, and a horizontally extended portion j which lies on and across the middle of the cap and has its extremity 7c inwardly turned and engaged in or through another perforation m in the top of the cap at the other side of the center from the location of the first named perforation.

This simple and inexpensive form of screw is also, in a simple and inexpensive manner, connected with the cap so that the screw must necessarily turn as one with the cap.

The stick of shaving soap may, in the production of the device which includes the stick and the holder therefor, be easily penetrated by the screw which will worm itself centrally thereinto, as may easily be performed by the assembler.

The stick is normally entirely inclosed within the casing, but may be projected outwardly as far or little as may be desired by the user by turning the screw through the rotation of the cap, and which action is effective, because of the nonrotatability of the stick, to cause the outward advancement of the latter.

I provide a band G of elastic material surrounding the forward open end ortion of the tubular casing, which band as a conj J l v I t; haslaknob 'or disk u by which the' screyv is v strictive pbrtion'o W'hich prot'rhdes beyond the casing end.

When the soap is entirely ithdrawn within the casing the protruding portion of the band, by its constriction more "orless inwardly overlaps the end of the casing and stick; and Whjenthe Stick is forwardly *projected to crowd itself throug and beyond the forward protrudiilgportlo ofthe and, such latter named portion closely hugsthe sid'es of the stick and prevents the entrance of the lather, Water,'moisture orfany fljreign substance between the sides of 'the stick and the wall of the casing, \"vhereloy foulness and 'I i a M 1 xv any undeslrable condltlon 1s measurably prevented. 4

A practical, cheap andeflective construe ,tion of the casinghaving theinternal longitudinal rib for the purpose described isone suchas'represented in Fig. 3, in whieh'the Casing is composed of a blank of sheet metal having near one margin thereof a plurality of longitudinally alined narrow slots p and having at its other marginal portion a plurality of tongues g, the blank beingbent around to"tubular fpi'm, liavi ngthe slot provided marginalportion a inwardly bent to form the ribuir flajnge and having the tongues oftheot her margii'i'al portion engaged through said slots and disposed atthe inside of the casing facewise on the inwardly bent portion a M This construction provides an efficient seam and "also the required rib.

In the modification of the device shown in Fig. 4, the blank having the inwardly turned flange forming portion a may be bent nearly, but not quite around to cylindrical form, and a Wrap ing s of hard, \va terproof paper, or clot 1, or similar thin flexible material, may b provided around and sec'iire'd to the casingfor retaining it in its cylindrical shape. I

In the modification shovvn in Figs. 5, 6 and 'L 'the casing Aflnjstead of having a se' arately made cap at itsirear endrpta tive re ativel th'er'etmis madevvijth an integral end Wal t in and through which the shank portionpf the screw is engaged.

The serew externally of the rear end Wall being so enga turnedf the screw ged While rotata le,

through the Wall" t as to' be,

endyvise immoyable.

The han thelinob or d .r .4 l l 1 i A 0113 1011 of the screw forward of lsk u, has an annular groove '2) been thisfilitnt iiiay' la iih thincd for in Wllich pd'rtiohs of the end Wall 5 or me shell engage. a For praotiggbility of construction the end Wall is made with a comparatively small circular aperture w, as shown in Fig. 0, and of thin metal and has radial slits y extendirrg from the perforation w to form lips or ear-s ng v vhich may be turned up, as shown in the'ldwrplr'tion'o'f Fig. 7.

Now the screwma be entered through the space, betyveen the hpt irned lips to engage ilP lhdq r l i t E ll ll groove 11 assume a pos tion in the plane of. t, \vh ereii'pon the Jj ortio'n it above the" groove v hy'dov nwar pressure ivill c ause'thelipsto be forced dou ii in or nearlyito tlie is alne plane for their engage ments in'tlie groove '0.

I claim l. Ina device of the character described, a tubular casing having a rib extending longitudinally on'the innerwall, adapted to guide'a grooved stick of soap and prevent i'otatioirtliei'eof, an end member rotatable oiil Releasing, and'a Wire in theforin of an opnjhelii secured to the end membeifand projecting axially of'the casing to enter the "soap and 'ad'v ance it in the casing on rotation of the end memb a 2. In a deyice of th blmieter described, a 'tu bnlar f orvvardlyio en case composed of a bIapk'bfsheet metal having near one mar- 'ginx hereof a plurality o'f longitudinally alinegd nari'ovv slots and having on its other marginal portion a plurality of tongues, such blank being bent mend to tubular form and having the slot provided mar inal pprtitn iqwardiy bent to form airib and aving the tongues of the otheninarginal portion en aged through said slots and 'dispo sed acevvi s'e on the first mentioned in- "Wardly bent marginal iatrtifn, whereby such interengaged and inwardly bent portions iorrn a longitudinal intei nal rib, a stick of fliw lae p. h t g sfigi ed e f'e zw slrgilably engaged n the casing iand'engaged by the rib, a cap 'rotatably fitting on the rear i slre ee t awi g and, hav a h ex ten jng axially into casing andengaging the soap stick to advance the soap.

Signed by me at S 'ioringfield, Mass, in

presence of two subscr ipgfwitne I FRANK e ANT.

Witnesses: p I

M- q lirtw G R. RIsooLL.

gg cents ea h by addressing the Commissioner of iht eiits,

ashington, D. G. 

